News of Kingdom Marquis Polok Terr's crushing defeat quickly spread throughout the entire Worth Kingdom.
The marquis had escaped with his life and returned to his own territory, where he refused to speak of the matter.
He had nearly been driven into depression after being hunted by Moonlight Werewolves all the way.
Those wolf-headed, human-bodied monsters were more beastly than beasts themselves, utterly unreasonable.
The Queen also sent people to offer condolences and inquire about what had happened.
Polok no longer knew whom he could trust.
If Lu Xingshi had not produced the Moonlight Werewolves, he would still have believed that the Queen was an Undead Witch.
But Lu Xingshi clearly spoke sweet words while harboring towering ambitions. Who knew whether he intended to seize this chance to usurp the throne?
Yet Polok had no means of dealing with him.
Those five hundred Moonlight Werewolves alone were more than Polok could handle, even if he threw all his forces into the fight.
After learning the whole story, Catherine's face turned livid with rage. She immediately issued a declaration of rebellion, calling upon all nobles to join forces and crusade against Lu Xingshi.
Lu Xingshi acted before them.
With Black Earth Territory as its center, the Moonlight Werewolf Corps began madly swallowing up and occupying the territories of surrounding noble lords.
Those with sense still had a chance to become prisoners. Those without it died directly beneath the Moonlight Werewolves' claws.
Compared to opening up new lands, taking territory others had already developed was naturally far better. Moreover, Lu Xingshi accepted everything wholesale, whether land, buildings, or subjects.
Coupled with the Worth Kingdom's feudal and rotten rule, as well as its numb subjects, the process of assimilation went exceedingly smoothly.
Especially after Lu Xingshi implemented "benevolent governance."
Yes, in the eyes